Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Historian’s Task

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Historian’s Task

It is the 257th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 08 April 1835), who was born in Potsdam, then part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, on this day in 1767.

Wilhelm von Humboldt, like his equally famous younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, was a man of wide learning who synthesized many forms of scholarship in his works. He was a philosopher, a linguist, and an educational reformer whose influenced rippled over Europe, often indirectly.

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